Dartmouth College

 

Average grade awarded, 1926. Average GPA, Academic Year 1931-1968.  For 1955-1960, 1964, 1965, and 1968, estimated from Dartmouth's 5.0 system from that era.

 

 

Circa 1926

2.11

1931

2.33

1932

2.35

1936

2.33

1937

2.30

1940

2.35

1941

2.33

1946

2.41

1947

2.42

1949

2.48

1950

2.48

1951

2.45

1955

2.44

1956

2.45

1958

2.46

1959

2.48

1960

2.47

1961

2.50

1962

2.53

1963

2.58

1964

2.63

1965

2.66

1966

2.68

1968

2.80

1974

3.04

1975

3.07

1976

3.05

1977

3.06

1978

3.07

1979

3.07

1980

3.11

1981

3.11

1982

3.09

1983

3.11

1984

3.11

1985

3.12

1986

3.16

1987

3.17

1988

3.18

1989

3.21

1990

3.22

1991

3.20

1992

3.22

1993

3.23

1994

3.25

1995

3.24

1996

3.26

1997

3.28

1998

3.29

1999

3.32

2000

3.31

2001

3.33

2002

3.32

2003

3.33

2004

3.35

2005

3.37

2006

3.38

2007

3.39

2008

3.41

2009

3.42

2010

3.41

2011

3.41

2012

3.45

2013

3.45

2014

3.46

 

Source:

From a memo dated November 21, 1927 from the Office of the President, University of Chicago (contains grade distributions from several schools, including Dartmouth; by way of Irwin Collier, 3/2016)

College Archives

Proposal for Addressing Grade Inflation at Dartmouth College, May 11, 2015